Adam W. Perry
MemberDate Appointed: 01/29/2008
Committees: Chair, Aviation
Commissioner Perry is a partner in Hodgson Russ’s Business Litigation and Employment Litigation Practice Groups. His practice focuses on numerous areas in employment-related litigation such as employment discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and civil rights claims. He also handles other business litigation matters such as real estate, government relations, education law, municipal law, and nonprofit law.
In 2009, Mayor Byron W. Brown appointed Mr. Perry to Chair of the Citizens Planning Council of the City of Buffalo. In this position, he helps to determine the capital expenditures for the City of Buffalo each year.
Mr. Perry is very active in the community. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the New York Council for the Humanities, the Buffalo Urban League, and the Buffalo Police Foundation. In addition, he also serves as general counsel to a number of organizations, including the Community Action Organization of Erie County and Sheehan Memorial Hospital. Moreover, Mr. Perry is the President of Mayor Brown’s Fund to Advance Buffalo and is Chair of the City of Buffalo Commissioner of Human Resources Selection Committee.
In 2004, he was the recipient of the Erie Community College Outstanding Alumnus Award. In addition, Mr. Perry has received the Erie Community College Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Award (1996), and was also given Business First’s “40 under Forty” Award (2000).
Commissioner Perry is a graduate of Erie Community College (Associate of Applied Science) and the University at Buffalo (Bachelors of Arts). He earned his juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School.